Time stamp taglib ver. 1.1


    Custom JSP taglib lets you create invisible HTML tag with timestamp. Lets you create inline cache. You can analyze time stamps in JavaScript code, compare value with time stamps provided via cookies and change content (via JavaScript's DOM manipulation) right on client side. For example:
 


<%@ taglib uri="taglib.tld" prefix="t" %>

<t:TimeStamp/>

and you will get some like this:

<time datetime='1314808158031' style='display:none'/>

So, in your JavaScript code you can do some like this (jQuery based code): 

$("some_block").each(function() {
	var article = $(this);
	var articleDate = article.find('time').first().attr("datetime");
	var lastVisit = getTimeStampFromCokies();

	// remove outdated blocks
	if(articleDate < lastVisit || isNaN(lastVisit) )
   	     article.remove();
		
	});

Tags are:

TimeStamp

Body tag creates invisible HTML tag with timestamp. Parameters are:

1) id Optional parameter. Describes an ID for the tag.
2) cond Optional parameter. Describes a boolean value tag's behavior depends on. Default value is true (create tag)

for downloading:

Library: timestamptag.jar    Description: taglib.tld

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